Grave marker
application and headstone for Pvt Weldon D. Scroggins in the South
Park Cemetery, Pearland (Brazoria county), Texas.
Weldon enlisted in the Army in Houston, TX on 23 April
1943. Following basic training and jump school he was shipped to
England.
On 6 April 1944 Pvt Weldon was transferred from Field
Force Replacement Depot #8 to Company H, 508th PIR.
On July 6 Pvt Weldon was declared as MIA since 6 June
when his company had parachuted into Normandy. It was not until 13
April 1945 that his status was changed to KIA as of 6 June 1944..
On 2 March 1945, he was interred in Blosville Cemetery
in Plot 2, Row Z, Grave 40 and his remains were ultimately repatriated
to his home area.
Pvt Weldon was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and
the Combat Infantryman Badge. |